Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lippincott Street

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Same reason as Homewood Avenue Johnny Au _{(talk/contributions)} 02:24, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

• comment. As a Toronto native, can you elaborate on what Toronto streets do you consider notable and why, what makes them notable (apart from plain conformance to WP:N)? This might save time on future AFDs. NVO (talk) 05:10, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
• I consider Toronto streets as notable regarding both history, traffic, architecture, and significance. Homewood Avenue was deleted because it lacked much notability outside of the immediate area. Johnny Au _{(talk/contributions)} 14:25, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
• Generally, a street doesn't deserve an encyclopedia just because it exists; the article needs to demonstrate that the street has a social or cultural context that extends far beyond the boundaries of a single city. As a general rule, that will usually mean that nothing below the level of a main thoroughfare should have a Wikipedia article — which is not to say all main thoroughfares are necessarily entitled to articles, either, but only that very few streets below that level should have them. Though obviously there are going to be exceptions for lesser side streets which have world-famous TV shows named after them, or were the original nexus points of major civil rights movements, or something of that ilk. For what it's worth, there's a user essay at WP:50k which should help: For every 50,000 people in a city or town, there is probably one road or street prominent enough for a Wikipedia article. Although it's unofficial and not at all a hard and fast rule, it is a useful metric nonetheless — while there's obviously a lot of subjectivity to ranking them, you should be able to make at least a plausible case that the street in question could qualify as one of Toronto's 50 or so most important and notable roads. Bearcat (talk) 21:17, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
• Merge the one bit of referenced content to the article on Harbord Village. - SimonP (talk) 19:33, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 04:07, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

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:Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:11, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

• Delete, doesn't seem to be anything more than a typical small street, and typical streets aren't notable. Nyttend (talk) 02:03, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
• Strong Delete - Most of the "streets in toronto" need to be deleted. Absolutely no notability and WP is not a list of streets Corpx (talk) 22:49, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
• Merge the sourced history to a relevant article (perhaps one on the local neighbourhood), and delete the rest. Thryduulf (talk) 22:52, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
• That relevant article suggested by SimonP is Harbord Village. Johnny Au _{(talk/contributions)} 02:11, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
• Delete. No demonstrated notability outside its own neighbourhood. And I'm speaking as a Torontonian who lives within reasonable walking distance of it. Bearcat (talk) 21:17, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

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